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APA

 APA policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarly materials

How to cite ChatGPT (apa.org)

Author: Author of the Model (OpenAI, Google, etc.) 

Date: Year of the Version you used, NOT the date you accessed it 

Title: The Name of the Model, include the version number in parentheses after the title

  • ChatGPT version numbers are dates
  • Include a bracketed description of the model to provide more information. Use the description provided by the Author, for example: [Large language model] or [Large multimodal model]

Source: AI publishers are usually the same as the author and do not need to be included in the Reference

In-text Citation Example: 

When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).

Reference Example: 

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

MLA

How Do I Cite generative AI in MLA Style? 

Author: Do not consider the AI tool an author 

Title of the Source: Describe what was generated by the AI tool, include details of the prompt if this was not included in your text 

Title of the Container: The AI Tool 

Version: Version number, as specific as possible 

Publisher: Company that made the tool 

Date: Date content was generated 

Location: General URL for the tool 

In-Text Citation Examples: 

While the green light in The Great Gatsby might be said to chiefly symbolize four main things: optimism, the unattainability of the American dream, greed, and covetousness (“Describe the symbolism”), arguably the most important—the one that ties all four themes together—is greed.

When asked to describe the symbolism of the green light in The Great GatsbyChatGPT provided a summary about optimism, the unattainability of the American dream, greed, and covetousness. However, when further prompted to cite the source on which that summary was based, it noted that it lacked “the ability to conduct research or cite sources independently” but that it could “provide a list of scholarly sources related to the symbolism of the green light in The Great Gatsby” (“In 200 words”).

Works Cited Examples: 

“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

“In 200 words, describe the symbolism of the green light in The Great Gatsby” follow-up prompt to list sources. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 9 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

Chicago

Chicago Manual of Style Online

You must credit ChatGPT when you reproduce its words within your own work, but unless you include a publicly available URL, that information should be put in the text or in a note—not in a bibliography or reference list. Other AI-generated text can be cited similarly.

Author = the name of the AI platform (ChatGPT)

Publisher or Sponsor = the company that developed the AI platform (OpenAI) 

Example endnote:

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.

Example endnote if prompt not included in the text:

1. ChatGPT, response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” OpenAI, March 7, 2023.

 

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